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After Wildfire Shut Down Yosemite for 14 Days, the National Park Will Reopen Tuesday
Rescuers search for crashed plane in Alaska national park
Peering through low cloud cover, rescuers aboard a military aircraft on Sunday were attempting to find a sightseeing plane that crashed with the pilot and four passengers aboard a day earlier in Alaska, high on a mountain ridge in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Mexico's national elections, at a glance
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will elect a new president and numerous other officeholders on Sunday. With popular discontent high due to high murder rates and rampant corruption, all four candidates are trying to convince voters that they represent change from the status quo.
Reiko Takahashi is 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
A photograph of a humpback whale calf’s tail has earned Reiko Takahashi of Japan the prestigious grand-prize in the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest. Takahashi’s incredible photo was selected by a panel of National Geographic judges from more than 13,000 entries. Takahashi took her grand prize-winning photo, titled “Mermaid,” off the coast of Japan’s Kumejima Island.
Iran says it can handle fresh sanctions amid national strike
President Hassan Rouhani promised Iranians on Tuesday the government would be able to handle the economic pressure of new U.S. sanctions amid a second day of demonstrations in protest at financial hardship and a weakening rial. Parts of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar were on strike for the second day running, state media reported, after traders massed outside parliament on Monday to complain about a sharp fall in the value of the national currency. Video footage posted on social media showed protesters setting fire to garbage dumpsters in Tehran streets to block riot police from attacking them.
Reality Winner, National Security Agency Leaker, Pleads Guilty To Espionage Charge
National Enquirer Consulted Cohen, Trump on 2016 Stories: WaPo
GOP Senators Accuse National Science Foundation Of Funding Climate 'Propaganda'
Colorado wildfires displace thousands, prompt national forest closure
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – Firefighters battled to gain control over several large wildfires in Colorado on Tuesday, including two blazes at opposite ends of the state that have prompted the evacuation of more than 3,500 homes and the closure of a national forest. The largest and most threatening blaze, a 12-day-old conflagration dubbed the 416 Fire, has scorched more than 23,000 acres (9,461 hectares) of drought-parched grass, brush and timber at the edge of the San Juan National Forest near the southwestern Colorado town of Durango. Fire crews made some headway against the blaze on Tuesday, managing to extend containment lines to 15 percent of the fire’s perimeter, up from 10 percent on Monday, despite persistent hot, dry conditions and fierce winds of up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h).
With an eye on Bernie Sanders, the Democratic National Committee adopts new restrictions for 2020 presidential candidates
